Highway 2 / Gaetz Avenue Interchange Improvement Project

What's New

A night closure of Taylor Drive will be in effect from 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 24, 2018 until 7 a.m. on Friday, May 25, 2018, and will involve detours for traffic headed both northbound and southbound on Taylor Drive. This closure is required to accommodate the concrete pour of the new southbound collector-distributor bridge deck.

As of Thursday, May 24, 2018, traffic on southbound Highway 2, between Taylor Drive and south of Gaetz Avenue, will be re-routed back to the southbound lanes from the current temporary set-up on the northbound lanes of Highway 2

Reduced speed limits remain in effect. Motorists are asked to drive safely and obey the speed limits through the construction zone.

In 2016, Alberta Transportation began a multi-year project to construct a new interchange at Highway 2, Gaetz Avenue and Taylor Drive, south of the City of Red Deer.

In addition to being an important corridor for highway travel, Gaetz Avenue and Taylor Drive provide access to key destinations for local residents.

The new interchange will:

Accommodate increased traffic volumes on Highway 2 by providing for three lanes in each direction.

Improve safety for motorists on these roads by separating high and low speed traffic getting to and from the highway.

Integrate the Taylor Drive and Gaetz Avenue interchanges into one full interchange system, improving safety and ease of travel.

Construction of the interchange began September, 2016, and is estimated to be open to traffic in 2018, and completed in 2019, weather dependent.

The project will include the removal of three bridge structures, construction of five new bridge structures, reconfiguration of ramps and intersections, realignment of Highway 2, expansion to six lanes between 32 Street and Mackenzie Road and the construction of new collector-distributor roads.

The interchange system is designed to separate high speed highway traffic from low speed local traffic. This will be accomplished with the construction of a new collector-distributor road system. The collector-distributor road system will include a one-way road on each side of the highway that will run parallel to the highway.

Motorists can expect some delays in the area during construction, however, two lanes in each direction will be open on Highway 2 during the day, and access to businesses in Gasoline Alley East and Gasoline Alley West will be maintained.